Brooder



Sept. 25, 1934. L, HAWKINS 1,974,867

` BRooDER Filed May 29, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Fim.

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gwventof@ La?? Ha/kms L. HAWKINS Sept. 25, 1934.

BROODER Filed May 29, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Sept, 25 3934 I i l g PATENT @FFHCGE entre@ stier ill esteemed Lety Hawkins, iifcnnt Verriere, Ell.

Apgiliceticn Bliley 29, 1931, seriell Nam 5414191@ e @it Meade) This invention reletes te e ercoder oi the secsV which rest en end portions of the supporting 'tional type and lies for its prime-ry object to pred member e and are secured in position by means ci vide, in a, manner as hereinafter set forth, upstending eers i6 formed on the supporting Aicrccder cf such class by means of which e mesi-s member 9. trium number of chicks may foe cared for with e Secured to end extending across the :frame l@ 6G minimum amount of labor. is mesh wml which forms the bottom Well o A further object of the invention is to provide tlie breeder section. The frame is removable ecrooder wherein the chicks may Weten. end feed :from ene end of the section, et which end the en the inside of the brooder Without interference, side pieces i3 ere slidalole through notches 13' l@ and wherein the Water and feed for the chicks in the posts l. At the opposite end of the secd5 may be supplied from the outside of the broeder. tion, the end piece li of the treme i0 buts e .sl further object of the invention is te provide Stringer le seated en an end member 5 and e breeder wherein tlie vJeter and feed troughs projecting alici/e the stringers 8. Slidably mountend dropping pen may ice readily removed for tire ed beneath the Well i7, on each. side of the sup purpose or cleaning the seme. vertline member 9, is e dropping een indicated ic in the dywings; et 18, the 33ans seating cn the lower flanges Figure i is e side eleveticn ci ebrccder section ci the s-lceem 9 end on cleats l5 secured to in wordn with this Stm/@mmm the end members 5. The section is provided et mgm@ 2 is g, @Op plan meyeof, ene end thereof with a, mesh Well 19 which exee Figure e is en end elevation therecr. l tends from the unser cross member 4 to e point 'i5V rieure e is s vertical section teken on the line in Speced relation to the cross member ll there- 4-4 @f mgm@ 2 ieelcw. The opposite end of the section is pros Figure 5 is en enlarged vertical section teken vided with il mesh Wall 20 Whih extends up on the im@ 5 5 @f Figur@ 1 werdly from the cross piece ll at such end of es Figure e is an enlarged vertical section taken the secties te e cross piece 2l extending be se en the line 6--6 of Figure l and with the heater WGGH mld Sud l@ 'the upright POSGS l d= not shown in section. l jacent tlfieretc.

Figure is en emerged perspective ci one ci Secured $0 Mld @Xeldmg between the Up= 13h@ emvable dogs @ff the SCQEL Tight "JDSS l5 S a, @TCSS piece 22 which S in 53@ Figui-@sigan eniarged perspgtiv@ of m1@ 0f me horizontal .alignment with the cross piece 2l.. g5 feed troughs 0;" the section. The section is prcvided et each side tliereoi Figure 9 is s, pespem-,ive si the Water trough @i with e removable mesh Well section 23 Wlfiicli 'the Section, entends between en upright post 15- end ene cf A breeder section in ecccrdence with this ins @he upright iOSS l, the removable well sec-tion venticri includes e plurality ci upright corner 23 706mg SGCl-ief DOSOD by Dil/Otedblliions @d @osts l., e pair o upper side members 2, pair for 24 Whh "$10161 @enges 25 formed '0D the Well;

icwer side members 3, e. peir et upper end inem- Section @willst th@ uptight posts l5. end i. All

liners sl, and e pair ci lower end members 5. The justably Supported en the cross pieces 2l and Iside meinbersZ and 3,e.ndtlie end members d and 22 is E ei-llg @lement 26 which 1S provided fl@ E are rigidly connected with the upright posts l. @l its @mis with e llllallty 0f 33H15 27 resting 95 The side members 3 am Emme-3 connected by en the upper faces er the cross pieces 2l and 22.

means ci e cross 'piece d extending therebetween. The mailing @lement 2@ iS provided in its ends enc. the side members 2. sie enumerated together with recesses 28 et vertline heights to selectively by ineens of e, cross piece l extending tlieieloe:In eev@ the DMS 27 ill Cider that the height O tween. The cross pieces? end 6 ere errengedin the heating element 26 may be edlusted Wltn lo@ vertical alignment. Seated en tlie end members respect t0 the lOOttOm Wall ll'. The section is 5 ere e pair ci stringers e, end seeted on. the cross limi/ids@ with e' ilsmment mesh to@ Weil 29 piece e is e, supporting member 9 preferably of E@ which extends across and is secured to the end "seein eciistriicticn. members d and cross piece 5c Seated cn each er" the strlngers d is e removable Extending between the upright post l5 end i435 iframe i@ including end "pieces ii end side pieces ene oi the upright pests l et each side of the i3. "Fi-le side nie-ces i3 ere connected together by section is e combined well forming and feeder means of e plurality of cross nieces ld. Cons element f5@ which is provided et Athe ends therenected te and depending from the cross piece l of with flanges 3l which ere maintained in eri1 555 ere e pair or upright costs l5, the lower ends cf eee'ement with the upright posts by ineens ci lid pivoted buttons 32". Each of the elements 3o rests upon one of the side members i3.

element 3@ includes a bottom. wall 32 seated on a side member ld, an inner wall. 33 extending upwardly from the bottom wall, an upwardly and outwardly inclined forward wall 34, a pair of side walls 35 extending 'trom the bottom wall to a point adjacentan upper and side member 2, and a connecting strip 36 extending between the side walls 35 at the upper ends of the latter thereby providing a frame with a trough like lower portion. Connected with the strip 36 and extending downwardly therefrom to a point in spaced relation to the inner wall 33 is a mesh wall portion 3'? which merges into a downwardly and outwardly inclined portion 38 formed with an angle 39 and having its lower edge seated on the bottom wall 32 in spaced relation to the inner wall 33 and outer wall 3@ whereby the trough portion of the element is divided into inner and outer compartments. The outer wall 3d is projected a material distance from the side of the section in order that reed may be introduced into the trough without re= moving the same from the section. The chicks within the section have access to the feed within the trough through the space between the inner wall 33 and the downwardly and. outwardly inclined mesh wall portion 38.

Seated on the end piece 1l at the opposite end or the section from the mesh wall 20 is a removable water trough 4.0 which is provided at its ends with brackets il for engagement by pivoted buttons 42 to maintain the trough in position against the upright posts l adjacent thereto. The mesh Wall 19 depending from the upper end members e includes a portion 43 which merges in spaced relation to the troughv in a downwardly and outwardly inclined portion i4 terminating in a vertical portion 45 projecting into the trough. Disposed within the trough 40 and extending lengthwise thereof is an angular mesh partition i6 which extends across the vertical plane of the portion l5 at an inclination and adjacent the latter. The mesh wall portion 45 and partition 46 coact to divide the trough 40 into an inner and outer compartment. The trough d0 projects a material distance from the end of the section in order that water may be admitted thereto without removing the trough, and the chicks within the section may have access to the water within through the space between the upper edge of the later and the downwardly and outwardly inclined mesh wall portion 44.

ln general it may be stated that the broeder section constitutes a brooder chamber d? at one end of the section, and a feeding chamber d8 at the opposite end of the section, the chambers 47 and i8 being in communication throughout substantially the entire area of the section in order that the chicks may pass freely from one cl'iain.-= ber to the other.

It is thought that the many advantages of a brooder in accordance with this invention will be readily apparent, and although the preferred em= bodiment of the invention is as illustrated and described, it is to be understood that changes in the size, shape and arrangement of parts may be made, so long as such changes tall within the scope of the invention as donned in the appended claims.

What l claim iszl. In a broeder, a structure forming a cham-1 ber having the walls thereof including a frame and. a reticulated panel at the inner side oi the i'rame, and a trough seated upon the bottom oi the frame of one wa the panel carried by the said wall frame upon which the trough is seated having its lower portion extended outwardly loeyond the outer side of said frame and depending into said trough in spaced relation to the front oi the later.

2. lin a brooder, a structure forming a chamber having one of the walls thereof including a frame and a reticulated panel at the inner side thereof, trough forming means extended outwardly from the lower portion oi such frame, and said panel having its lower portion extended outwardly beyond the outer side of said frame and depending into said means to the bottom of the latter to divide it into an outer and an inner compartment, the lower portion of said panel being formed or a pair of parts at an angle to each other and to the trough and frame.

3. ln a brooder, a structure :forming a chamber having one of the walls thereof including a reticulated panel having an upper and a lower part, said upper part arranged at the upper portion of the inner face or said wall and its lower part extending beyond said wall and forwardly of said face, trough forming means el tended outwardly from the lower portion of such wall, and said panel of said wall having its lower por= tion extended outwardly and depending into said means to the bottom oi the latter to divide it into an outer and an inner compartment, the inner of said compartments opening into said chamber.

ll. In a broeder, a structure forming a cham ber, one oi the walls of said chamber being formed with an upstanding reticulated panel and an outwardly directed trough forming means at its lower end, said panel having an intermediate part extended outwardly with respect to said structure and a lower part extended downwardly into said means, that part of the panel extended into said means being spaced completely from the front of the latter.

5. In a broeder, a structure lforming a cham= ber, one 'of the walls of said chamber being provided with a reticulated panel of angle shape in vertical section and a trough forming means, said panel including a vertically disposed upper portion and a lower portion extended outwardly :from and disposed at an angle with respect to said upper portion, the trough forming means having its rear portion positioned within and seated upon the lower portion of said wall, said trough forming means being extended outwardly from the lower portion of said wall, the said lower portion of 'said panel depending into said trough forming means adjacent the iront or the latter, the said vertical portion of the panel being arranged at the inner side of said wall, and the said lower portion of said panel being exe tended through the said wall.

6. In. a broeder, a structure forming a cham= ber having a removable wall, and means for re= lease-bly attaching said wall in position, said wall being formed with a reticulated panel having a vertically disposed upper portion and an out-i wardly directed downwardly disposed lower por= tion, said wall being provided at its lower portion with an outwardly directed trough forming means, and the lower portion of said panel demv pending into said trough forming means adja-= cent the front of the latter.

7. In a brooder, the combination with a structure providing a chamber, said structure having an open. side, of a combined wall and trough ldd notices? fo wh w: element mounted in seid open side, eeid element incig e reticuiated ei constitut= ing o well and outwer directed open-top conm toinerffo fof.. me at its bottom to constitute e trough; seid element being oi the con=I tour as seid open side, said eleent seeting upon the bottoni end ing in close proity the sides ond top wells of yseid ope t: seid panel fm. e, vertic if upper portion and y'tov element inclu e, retioulated panel constituting e well and outwerdiy directed open top conteinei .mi l x1 f means et its bottom to constitute e trough, seid element being of the some contour es said open side, said element seating upon the bottom and opposing in close proximity the sides end top weils o1' said opening, said panel includ ing e vertically disposed upper portion and an outwardly directed. lower portion extended beyond said structure and depending into said means adjacent the front, said means extended outwardly beyond said structure, and spaced means carried by said structure for overlapping the outer fece of said element for securing the latter in position.

LUTY HAWKINS.

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